| 单词 | no-show job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno-show job no-show job n. a paid job for which no work is required or performed, esp. one created fraudulently. ΚΠ 1955 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. 38/4 The Hudson County grand jury returned six indictments today against three persons involved in its investigation of municipal ‘no-show’ jobs in Jersey City. 1962 Sat. Evening Post 6 Jan. 82 A ‘no show’ job was the crème de la crème of the city's political bounty. 1989 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Apr. 12 In his defence [he]..has concentrated on rebutting charges that his second wife, Betty, had what amounted to a no-show job for which she received a salary of £10,600 a year for four years. 2001 Miami Herald (Nexis) 24 Oct. 1 b In addition to allegations about holding a no-show job, he was criticized for living rent-free in a waterfront home bequeathed to the NAACP . < as lemmas |
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